Add SeStringBuilder.GetViewAsMemory/Span

src/Lumina.Tests/SeStringBuilderTests.cs

@@ -443,6 +443,24 @@ public void AddonIsParsedCorrectly()
         }
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public unsafe void SpanViewNullTerminationTest()
+    {
+        var test = new SeStringBuilder()
+            .AppendBold( "Test" )
+            .Append( "Asdf" )
+            .AppendItalicized( "Aaaaa" );
+        var expected =
+            "\x02\x19\x02\x02\x03"u8 + "Test"u8 + "\x02\x19\x02\x01\x03"u8 +
+            "Asdf"u8 +
+            "\x02\x1A\x02\x02\x03"u8 + "Aaaaa"u8 + "\x02\x1A\x02\x01\x03"u8;
+
+        var span = test.GetViewAsSpan();
+        Assert.True( span.SequenceEqual( expected ) );
+        fixed( byte* p = span )
+            Assert.Equal( 0 , p[ span.Length ]);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public unsafe void InterpolationHandlerTest1()
     {
@@ -600,8 +618,7 @@ public void AllSheetsTextColumnCodec()
             var languages = header?.Languages ?? [Language.None];
             foreach( var language in languages )
             {
-                if( gameData.Excel.GetSheet<RawRow>( language, sheetName ) is not { } sheet )
-                    continue;
+                var sheet = gameData.Excel.GetSheet< RawRow >( language, sheetName );
 
                 var stringColumns = sheet.Columns.Where( c => c.Type == ExcelColumnDataType.String ).Select( c => c.Offset ).ToArray();
                 foreach( var row in sheet )

src/Lumina/Text/SeStringBuilder.cs

@@ -94,21 +94,47 @@ public SeStringBuilder Clear( bool zeroBuffer = false )
         return this;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Gets the SeString as a new byte array.</summary>
-    /// <returns>A new byte array.</returns>
-    public byte[] ToArray()
+    /// <summary>Gets the view of SeString being built.</summary>
+    /// <returns>View of the SeString being built.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <p>Returned view is invalidated upon any mutation to this builder, including <see cref="Clear"/> and <see cref="Append(string)"/>. If
+    /// <see cref="SharedPool"/> is being used, then returning to the pool also will invalidate the returned view.</p>
+    /// <p>After the last element (right after the end of the returned memory/span), <c>NUL</c> is present. You can pin the returned value and use the pointer
+    /// to the first element as a pointer to null-terminated string.</p>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public ReadOnlyMemory< byte > GetViewAsMemory()
     {
         if( _mss.Count != 1 )
             throw new InvalidOperationException( "The string is incomplete, due to non-empty stack." );
-        return _mss[ 0 ].Stream.ToArray();
+
+        var stream = _mss[ 0 ].Stream;
+
+        // Force null termination.
+        stream.Capacity = Math.Max( stream.Capacity, (int) stream.Length + 1 );
+        stream.GetBuffer()[ stream.Length ] = 0;
+
+        return stream.GetBuffer().AsMemory( 0, (int) stream.Length );
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="GetViewAsMemory"/>
+    public ReadOnlySpan< byte > GetViewAsSpan() => GetViewAsMemory().Span;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the SeString as a new byte array.</summary>
+    /// <returns>A new byte array.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>If the created value does not escape the code scope this function is being called, consider using <see cref="GetViewAsMemory"/> or
+    /// <see cref="GetViewAsSpan"/>.</remarks>
+    public byte[] ToArray() => GetViewAsMemory().ToArray();
+
     /// <summary>Gets the SeString as a new instance of <see cref="SeString"/>.</summary>
     /// <returns>A new instance of <see cref="SeString"/>.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>If the created value does not escape the code scope this function is being called, consider using <see cref="GetViewAsMemory"/> or
+    /// <see cref="GetViewAsSpan"/>.</remarks>
     public SeString ToSeString() => new( ToArray() );
 
     /// <summary>Gets the SeString as a new instance of <see cref="ReadOnlySeString"/>.</summary>
     /// <returns>A new instance of <see cref="ReadOnlySeString"/>.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>If the created value does not escape the code scope this function is being called, consider using <see cref="GetViewAsMemory"/> or
+    /// <see cref="GetViewAsSpan"/>.</remarks>
     public ReadOnlySeString ToReadOnlySeString() => ToArray();
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>